The Men Behind the Bars or Lights and Shades of Prison Life

Chicago: S.B. Shaw, Publisher, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Very Good in a Fair jacket, heavily soiled, lacking much of the spine, tears at the folds. Red cloth, toned and pushed at the the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, former owner's name and information on the front endpaper. An early 20th-century criminal justice work from a Christian perspective with discussions about criminal profiling, sentencing, prison life, parole, recidivism, as well as a few case studies.